lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to spend time (on doing something)
measure to win somebody over to one's side
fake; something false; sham; deception
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
poor physical health; bad shape
to join forces; to cooperate
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
third day of the month; three days
correlation; interrelation; intertwining
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money